the roger conatser aerial photographs collection
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The Roger Conatser Aerial Photographs Collection. Bethany C. Fiechter , Archivist for Manuscript and Digital Collections Amanda A. Hurford , Metadata and Digital Collections Developer. Project Background. Archives and Special Collections and Metadata and Digital Initiatives collaboration - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Roger Conatser Aerial Photographs Collection
Bethany C. Fiechter, Archivist for Manuscript and Digital CollectionsAmanda A. Hurford, Metadata and Digital Collections Developer
Project Background• Archives and Special Collections and
Metadata and Digital Initiatives collaboration
• Acquisition of materials
• Digitization decisions– Evidential value (documenting
historical events, topographical changes)
– Research potential– Accessibility– Preservation
Archival Arrangement
• Analog materials (e.g. slides, negatives, and photographs)— Initial processing
• Acid free folders, sleeves, and boxes— Selection for digitization
• Organizational scheme for scanning elsewhere
Digital Arrangement
• Digital files— Securing space— File transfer— Creating unique identifiers
Description: Using Access
Images
Title Creator(s) Original Date(s) Description Locations Time
Period(s) Format Color Scheme Digital ID Digital
CollectionCollection ID
Collection Title Item ID Condition Brief
RecordSelected for DMR
Muncie, Indiana Prairie Creek Reservoir and Campground aerial view
Conatser, Roger (Muncie, Ind.)
2005 Muncie; Delaware County; Indiana; United States; North and Central America
2000s (2000-2009); Twenty-first century C. E.
Digital photographs; Photographs
Color images
P014-0208
Roger Conatser Photographs
P.014 Roger Conatser photographs
0208 Excellent 2011-02-07
2011-02-07
• Collaborative workflow— Brief records created in Access database exported to
MADI
Description: Using Archivists` Toolkit• Archival record created in Archivists’ Toolkit
Description: Using CONTENTdm
MetadataRecords
• Establish fields
• Populate data
• Maintain vocabularies
Quality Control/Project Tracking
Preservation
• External hard drives— Long-term storage
• Online/near-line storage space— Access for patron requests
Promotion• Web 2.0 tools
— Facebook, Flickr and Blogger
• Class instruction— “Teaching archives”
• Library Insider newsletter
• Outreach programs
Contact Us!
Bethany C. Fiechter: [email protected] Amanda A. Hurford: [email protected]
Digital Media Repository: http://libx.bsu.edu/ Roger Conatser Collection TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/3ogbcbe